Critique

Julien Creuzet. Photo: Cristian Baena.

60th Venice Biennale

A Journey into the Mind and Work of Julien Creuzet

Marny Garcia Mommertz and Cristian Baena reflect on a recent press trip to Martinique alongside the artist and curator of the French Pavilion.

Karen Winter Photography/ Courtesy of the French Institute of South Africa

“Reimagining Heritage, Archives and Museums: Today/Tomorrow”

What Needs to be Considered When Running a Museum in (South) Africa?

Vusumzi Nkomo attended a conference in Cape Town that explored multiple aspects of creating a fairer, more sustainable art ecosystem.

Sonya Clark, Detail of Madam C.J. Walker. Photo: Grid_o2. Courtesy of High Museum of Art.

High Museum of Art

Eyes Not Looking Just Right: On Sonya Clark’s Mid-Career Survey

Enos Nyamor visited "We Are Each Other" in Atlanta focused on the Clark's community-centric and participatory projects.

Yussef Agbo-Ola

Lagos Biennial 2024

A Refuge of Sorts

Joseph Omoh Ndukwu examines the 4th edition of Nigeria's seminal biennial, which aimed to create a space to dream alternate paths in a systemic crisis

P. Staff, In Ekstase, 2023, detail, in: P. Staff, In Ekstase, Kunsthalle Basel, 2023, photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Kunsthalle Basel

Où est votre corps ? P. Staff et Tiona Nekkia McClodden : ouvrir l’espace à la vulnérabilité

Lors d’un séjour de recherche en Suisse, Khanya Mashabela s’est intéressée aux œuvres des deux artistes exposées à la Kunsthalle Basel.

(clockwise) Torkwase Dyson, Liquid A Place, 2023. Homme Adams Park 72500 Thrush Road, Palm Desert at Desert X. Photography courtesy of Lance Gerber; Rhael

Best of 2023

C& Magazine’s Highlights of 2023 You Might Want to Read Again

From climate colonialism to new perspectives from queer artists in Mozambique, these are some of our most-read articles this year.

Installation View

The BENIN BRONZES Roundtables

La restitution des bronzes du Bénin : patrimoine du passé ou une voie vers l’avenir ?

Agwu Enekwachi a récemment participé à une table ronde organisée à Abuja sur la mobilisation et les actions en faveur de la restitution promise.

Acts of Opening Again: A Choreography of Conviviality, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), 3.6.2023. Photo: Mathias Völzke/HKW

Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Amplifying the Creative Structures at HKW

Edna Bonhomme examines how a Berlin institution pays tribute to anti-colonial feminists and applauds its new international team.

Tinotenda Chivinge, Zimbabwe Bird(s), found objects (variable dimensions). Photo: Nyadzombe Nyampenza

Art Networks in Zimbabwe

Harare Art Collectives: Where Connectivity is Key

In Harare, a cathartic group exhibition celebrates the work of collectives who bridge the gap between a feeble art market and scant resources.

Rhael

18th Venice Architecture Biennale 2023

Lesley Lokko Breaks New Ground with The Laboratory of the Future

In presenting a compelling interplay between reality, fiction and crisis, Lokko delivers a lesson on accountability for curatorial practices.

Aria Dean, ABATTOIR, U.S.A.!, Installation view, 2023. The Renaissance Society. Photo: Robert Chase Heishman.

Abattoir, U.S.A!

Aria Dean Conjures a Deathly Spectacle

In Chicago, Dean helps us experience connections between animal slaughter, violence towards Black peoples, and the brutalization of captured bodies.

Croire n’est pas savoir

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Croire n’est pas savoir

Pour célébrer nos auteurices, nous avons sélectionné quelques textes parmi nos archives. Aujourd’hui, celui d’Elisabeth Wellershaus.